I don't get it. Why has no one learned the lessons of history? That's what's most aggravating about the situation in Jerusalem. We've seen it before, and we'll probably do it again. Instead of abiding by their true faith, and being charitable, the city seems to go to the heads of those who claim to be the most pious. At least that's what I got from this chapter.
pg. 196: "They had become so accustomed to seeing the decline of Judaism as the essential concomitant to the rise of their own church that the Jewish workmen below seemed to be undermining the fabric of the Christian faith."
Why does one have to fall for the other to rise? To me, at least, and especially with religion and faith, there are no exclusive truth claims. Exclusive truth claims cloud our mind and stop us from living according to what we claim to espouse. This is where organized religion fails us the majority of the time. Faith is not about being right, it's about living correctly. If you are willing to make the effort to live correctly, then it shouldn't necessarily matter how others live their lives. The problem I have with the early Christians and the Jews of that time is they forgot this.
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